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Clean Install

Forum discussion tagged with Clean Install.
  1. J

    Laptop (dell XPS 9570) only boots after a break.

    After a clean install from USB my laptop only boots after i didn't touch it for like 10 minutes. It also does not restart. Just a black screen with no backlit and no fan noise. Then i wait (AC power in or out makes no difference) for about 10 minutes and it works like nothing happened. Problem...
  2. L

    Solved! How to set up hard drive replacement correctly.

    Replaced 250G hard drive in Toshiba L305 Laptop with a 500G. Clean install of Win7, and seems to run perfectly, except, it still is recognizing the old 250G hard drive. The BIOS does not seem to be editable to change the parameters. All appears to run well except I suspect the mistaken hard...
  3. C

    Solved! redneck ipad? minipad...curious cat?

    Hi all, CAN I ROOT / JBREAK AN OLD ANDRIOD FOR use with WIFI, wITHOUT SERVICE THE EQUALENT TO A CLEAN INSTALL A DESKTOP... Oh... the particular andriod, I have is a galaxy grand prime..andriod 5.0.2 I ready use an old one on wifi around the very useful... Id like to turn in to like a digital...
  4. M

    Solved! Computer not recognizing gpu aftet ddu.

    I yesterday bought RX 560 560D4SFG5. When I installed it drivers weren't right because it said that I have radeon pro 450. I wanted to clean reinstall it.I followed this steps https://community.amd.com/thread/180667. I did all did right but when I rebooted my pc,Windows 7 64 bit,it installed...
  5. CxRizzle

    Solved! Webroot causing huge PC slowdowns?

    I have a clean install of Windows 10 64bit and wanted to try a new virus security. Webroot gets a lot of praise because it's supposed to be very slim, and gets the job done, so I decided to give it a try. I installed the free trial and it brought my computer to a crawl immediately. Well, not a...
  6. A

    i have windows 8.1 pro installed i dont see the relatek audio driver and it doesnt identify my headphones with built in mic wh

    Help please, I recently did a clean install of win 8.1 pro and the issue us my device doesnt identify the headphones wth built in mic when plugged in i tried t get drivers but it doesnt work.What should I do?
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    Solved! Clean Install Keeps Crashing - getting different erro message each time

    [Moderator note: Windows 10 System.] 2nd UPDATE: Was able to finally get it all installed, and semi working, still crashes, after doing multiple testing, the Dell scan, tells me that my memory is shot and I need a new card. Which is $120 or so, right now don't have the funds for that. Is...
  8. T

    Getting rid of bloatware on new Dell laptop

    So I ordered a Dell G7 recently and have been looking around to see what kind of things I should do to set it up. One of the things that comes up a lot is doing a clean install of Windows to remove all the unimportant things that come with it, but I've never done that before so I'm wondering how...
  9. J

    Messed up when install new window on a laptop with intel optane

    Thing start normal i open up the window setup and load the RTS driver and my disk show up, i delete the ESP,System,MSR and fwindow partition. Strangely the ESP partition when i delete it does not merge back into 1 disk, instead it stay at and unallocated space with 1 gb. Even running just fine...
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    Transferring Kaspersky with new hardware in my laptop

    I have recently bought a new SSD and SSHD for my laptop and I was wondering before I have to reinstall Windows and other applications. Will I have to buy another copy of Kaspersky total security 2018 or can I just use my current license which has 290 days remaining? If so could anyone help me...
  11. A

    g510 cannot boot from cd/dvd after entering boot sequence menu

    Trying to enter boot sequence to install windows 10 clean install from CD. Boot sequence does not allow boot from CD (can't find)
  12. C

    Massive Multi Boot System (Setup Questions) -- Hexa Boot!!!

    TL;DR This is a complicated, hobby, massive multi boot project, and I appreciate any help you can give. I'm not using VMs. If you don't want to read, that's fine. But if you like this sort of thing, please help me figure this out! I am attempting to dual boot several operating systems on a new...
  13. M

    Video scheduler internal error BSOD, with clean install

    I just bought a ASUS ROG GL553V laptop. Because it only have 4 GB RAM and 1 TB HDD, and with 4 GB of RAM cant run many games, so i decided quickly to upgrade to 16 GB. I bought https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B019FRDAY6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and...
  14. D

    Replace SSD with bigger SSD

    I simply want to replace a 240GB SSD with a 500GB SSD in a Win 7 laptop. I want to do a clean install, not a clone. I thought it would be easy, I have switched hard drives many times without any hassle, but... I made a USB boot disk, and 'burned' the Win 7 Pro ISO to it. Booted from it. First...
  15. P

    What is the best way to manage / organize / install / move programs between multiple drives?

    I have a 500GB SSD that I like to store programs I frequently use or ones that need to the best performance. My other drive is a 2TB HD. I store stuff I don't care so much about on there, like video files or programs that load quickly enough already and wont benefit from an SSD. Sometimes I no...
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    Solved! Can't clean install Windows

    Hello everyone, it's my first post here. I've got laptop from my friend. Windows was unable to boot, so i simply tried to do clean install. And here is the problem. Windows 10 couldn't complete install, stuck on installing updates, then i have got several errors. Like: "cannot do changes in...
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    Can't get past lock screen on Windows 10 after upgrading from Win 7 (free upgrade)

    Hello, few days ago I've upgraded from Windows Vista Home Basic, to Windows 7 Home (using .iso file on bootable USB drive) and then used the free upgrade to Windows 10 Home without any DVD/USB, just Media Creation Tool, located on C: disk. Installation and everything worked fine, it said that...
  18. D

    Hi.ru hijacker on my browser, but I had a clean install

    I got a new cpu and mobo so just to avoid future problems with windows, I did a clean install with the windows media creation tool. (Windows 10) Everything went fine. After windows was installed, it asked me to set up the basic things and login to my Microsoft account. So I logged in and I...
  19. G

    Hwid resets after every restart and i have an app that is using HWID lock

    I don't know what the problem is.I tried to do a clean install of windows, but it didn't stopped it
  20. M

    Problem with booting, recoverying and fresh install

    Hi everyone I have very strange problem with Lenovo G50-30 1. Cant boot system normally. After splash only black screen (waited around 30 minutes). 2. Cant recovery system from USB drive. After splash on the top left corner five blue squares showed up. Nothing more for about another 30...